{"id":276,"date":"2014-08-07T13:37:52","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T17:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pjgardner.com\/travel2\/?p=276"},"modified":"2014-11-26T15:20:16","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T20:20:16","slug":"august-4-august-6-visiting-in-groningen-drenthe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pjgardner.com\/travel2\/august-4-august-6-visiting-in-groningen-drenthe\/","title":{"rendered":"August 4-August 6: Visiting in Groningen & Drenthe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since I wrote my last blog entry, more than a week ago, we have been spending time in Holland, visiting friends and family and taking it easy to let P.J recover from her bout with the cruise ship\u2019s virus.<\/p>\n

In Groningen, in the northeast corner of Holland, we stayed with cousins for a couple days on the Van Starkenborgh Canal, watching barges chugging back and forth, night and day. <\/p>\n

\"House<\/a>

House on the Canal (For Sale) in Aduard, Groningen<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Van<\/a>

Van Starkenborgh Canal in Aduard<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Arjan<\/a>

Arjan and Cousin Fokko in Aduard<\/p><\/div>\n

On August 5, we made a daytrip to Schiermonnikoog, an off-shore Dutch island that has some resemblance to Nantucket, and on August 6, we visited friends in Drenthe, a province of the Netherlands that resembles Vermont— except that the highest point is only about 100 feet above sea level.<\/p>\n

Drenthe is the least densely populated Dutch province, and there are wild natural areas there, which elsewhere in Holland is pretty rare.\u00a0 The family of our friends has had a summer home there, in Zeegse, since the 1920’s.\u00a0 We enjoyed a wonderful walk through the woods and heather fields.<\/p>\n

\"Fireweed<\/a>

Fireweed in Drenthe<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Arjan<\/a>

Arjan Hiking with Koos and Neils Kuiper in Drenthe<\/p><\/div>\n

\"White<\/a>

White Hat Ladies: P.J. and Yuk Ying in Drenthe (photo by Koos Kuiper)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Unmanicured Aa River<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Scottish<\/a>

Scottish Bull in Drenthe<\/p><\/div>\n

Photos \u00a9 2014 P.J. Gardner<\/a>. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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